SORTIE REPORT #3171
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑15 108 356 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France
No Bombing Today: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Problems with the Gee-H system prevented accurate targeting while making two Gee-H runs, so bombs were returned to base.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron lead.
No Target Attacked
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑107221 544th SU*J not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Johnson, William T 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Koehne, George Henry, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Schmidtke, George Emory 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Hertel, Wallace Howard 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Frazier, Ernest Leo 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Faux, Roy Sherman 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hachmann, Vincent Carl 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Crippen, Creig B 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Harrington, Joseph Francis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Breen, John Francis, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Sortie Report 3171 provided by 384thBombGroup.com
SortieEngine.php Rev. 3.3.2, 22 June 2022
Report generated: 19 April 2024, 2:36 AM (PDT)
Site design and content © 1999-2024 by Webmaster